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New York, July 13,
2010—Six Cuban journalists who spent more than seven years in prison for their independent reporting and commentary arrived in Spain today in the first wave of what is expected to be an extensive release of political prisoners by the Cuban government.

New York, July 12,
2010—Imprisoned Cuban journalists are expected to be among a group of
political prisoners to be released tonight and put on a flight to Spain, where
they are due to arrive on Tuesday morning, according to international press
reports and CPJ interviews. The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes news
of their scheduled release and urged Cuban authorities today to free all journalists
who remain in jail.

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March 20 marked the sixth anniversary of the three-day 2003
crackdown on the independent Cuban press. That day, Oleivys García Echemendía was scheduled to visit her husband, imprisoned
Cuban journalist Pablo Pacheco Ávila, at 1 p.m. at the Morón prison in the
central province
of Ciego de Ávila.